Background
Wareing, Thomas Hightower was born on August 26, 1953 in Homestead, Florida, United States. Son of Thomas Wareing and Nellie Alice Pate.
educator cardiothoracic surgeon
Wareing, Thomas Hightower was born on August 26, 1953 in Homestead, Florida, United States. Son of Thomas Wareing and Nellie Alice Pate.
Bachelor of Science, Auburn U., 1975; Doctor of Medicine, U. Alabama, 1979.
Intern surgery, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, Nashville, 1979-1980; junior resident surgery, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, Nashville, 1980-1981; research fellow vascular surgery, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, Nashville, 1981-1982; research fellow cardiac surgery, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, Nashville, 1982-1983; senior resident surgery, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, Nashville, 1983-1985; chief resident surgery, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, Nashville, 1985-1986; resident cardiac surgery, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, Nashville, 1986-1988; assistant professor cardiovascular surgery, Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, 1988-1994; director cardiovascular/thoracic surgery, Phoenix Memorial Hospital, 1994-1995; department chairman cardiovascular and thoracic services, Phoenix Memorial Hospital, since 1995; private practice, Scottsdale Heart Surgeons, since 1995. Principal investigator Thoratec Corporation, Berkeley, California, 1988-1994. Consultant SESATS V, St. Louis, since 1992.
Fellow American College of Surgeons, American College Cardiology, American College Chest Physican's. Member American Medical Association, American Heart Association, Association for Academy Surgery, Society Thoracic Surgeons (moderator circulatory support symposium 1991), Southern Thoracic Surgical Association.
Married Sally Anne Thomas, December 6, 1986. Children: Anne Hightower, Thomas Robert, William Patrick.